Ramechhap Landslide [Update] : 2 dead, 8 missing

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Highlights

A child escaped and saved his life

2 people have died in a landslide in Doramba-Shailung Rural Municipality-3 of Ramechhap. 8 people have gone missing due to the landslide. A child who was caught in the landslide escaped and saved his life.

DSP Pradeep Kumar Singh, Chief of District Police Office Ramechhap informed that the bodies of 2 people who died in the landslide have been removed from the landslide. One of the dead is a child.

DSP Singh of Ramechhap said that 4 houses of Tokarpur Lekkhark were swept away in the landslide that occurred after heavy rain on Saturday night. The landslide has washed away the concrete bridge of the Dhaigaon river connecting the 2nd and 3rd wards of the rural municipality.

Singh said that the road leading to the landslide-hit village was damaged by the rain, so rescue was difficult. The police have reached the landslide village for rescue. More details about the damage caused by the landslide are yet to come.